Valinor is a defense, government, and enterprise technology company that develops practical solutions for unmet needs in public-sector and defense missions. Its centralized go-to-market approach is paired with a decentralized engineering model, enabling teams to identify problems quickly, build right-sized technical products, and deliver them to the end users and organizations that rely on them. Valinor operates at the intersection of government mission requirements and agile engineering.
Backend Platform Software Engineer
Build scalable backend services and platform infrastructure at Valinor, a defense and government technology company. Lead migrations and improve system performance, reliability, and architecture.
Description
- Build and maintain backend services and core platform components for Streamline products.
- Help fellow engineers deliver high-quality software.
- Lead complex production migrations and architectural improvements while preserving reliability and limiting customer disruption.
- Find and fix backend performance bottlenecks as the platform grows.
- Take technical work from architecture and implementation through deployment, monitoring, and continued optimization.
- Work with a small engineering team to make practical technical decisions and support long-term scalability.
- Contribute to the platform’s technical direction.
Requirements
- Bring at least six years of software engineering experience.
- Have a strong backend development background and experience building and operating production systems.
- Understand backend architecture, distributed systems, databases, caching, and performance optimization in depth.
- Have evolved complex production systems through migrations and architectural changes while maintaining reliability and availability.
- Have worked in engineering environments where scalability, performance, and reliability are critical.
- Write strong code and be comfortable working across backend services and infrastructure.
- Use sound technical judgment to navigate complex codebases, design clear abstractions, and weigh simplicity, performance, and maintainability.
- Be eligible to obtain and maintain a U.S. security clearance.
- Have U.S. work authorization, as required by the application form.
Benefits
- Equity packages.
- Employee health, dental, and vision insurance fully covered.
- 401(k) plan.
- Professional development stipends.
- Unlimited paid time off.
- Two-week company holiday at the end of each calendar year.
- Fertility benefits.
- Enjoy a fun work environment.